IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines China’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on ...
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China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
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A mother’s “personal grudge” against China’s haze issues gave birth to the trending environmental documentary 'China's Haze: Under the Dome.’ The country’s serious air pollution became very personal for ...
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Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
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Global Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles, Seamless, of Iron or Steel Major Export Countries/Regions, from 2010 to 2012 No. Export Countries/Regions Export Value(Thousand USD) 2012 Export Value ...
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2010-2012 Global Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles, Seamless, of Iron or Steel Import Value Trend Global Tubes, Pipes and Hollow Profiles, Seamless, of Iron or Steel import value increased YOY from 2010 to 2012, the import value for ...
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Brazil’s long products market should face a challenging year in 2015, despite a low increase in production, domestic sales and as well as in the country’s apparent consumption, an executive at Gerdau said during the Alacero ...
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Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
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In the January-September period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 618.00 million mt, up 2.3 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in ...
Major Indian steelmaker JSW Steel (JSW) has announced its financial and operational results for the first half ended September 30 of the financial year 2014-15, posting a net profit of INR 15.6 billion ($254.4 million), compared to a net ...
The European Council announced on Friday, October 24 that the EU heads of state and government have agreed on a European energy and climate policy framework for the 2020 to 2030 period, including a CO2 emission reduction target of 43 ...
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Speaking at the 48th annual meeting of worldsteel (World Steel Association) held in Moscow on October 6, Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff, chairman of the worldsteel Economics Committee said that with a seven percent negative GDP growth expected ...
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In the January-August period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 550.10 million mt, up 2.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in question ...
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The SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting got underway in Berlin today, September 29, with the participation of almost 300 executives, including 82 representatives from 43 steel producer companies from a total of 21 ...
The International Trade Practices Unit (UPCI) of the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) commenced antidumping procedures for certain pipe and tubular imports from India, Spain and the United States, according to a news release on Tuesday the ...
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